Mac&Cheese

ashlee954
ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
Any good mac&cheese recipes out there? I am currently hooked on using miracle noodles (miraclenoodles.com) for any pasta dish so that's what I'm using for the noodles. Zero cals. :bigsmile: Any neat and yummy recipes as far as the cheese and fixins are concerned? Thanks!

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  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    I have never heard of miracle noodles, I looked at the website sounds interesting!! What are they made of??
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    I have never heard of miracle noodles, I looked at the website sounds interesting!! What are they made of??

    They're shirataki noodles. Some sort of plant/vegetable. On the site somewhere it explains it a little better and has a pic of the plant. I have found multiple recipe sites that use them and they were honored on some tv show. Apparently they really are a miracle, as they are calorie free, carb free, wheat free, and gluten free. No taste but absorb whatever the flavor of the dish is you are preparing. Made mainly of soluble fiber so it aids in the digestion process, keeping you fuller longer.
  • kalebsmama07
    kalebsmama07 Posts: 503
    awesome!
  • bethvandenberg
    bethvandenberg Posts: 1,496 Member
    those sound like a total win.

    As for the cheese part, I've been making my cheese sauce with a combo of broth and 2% milk. :) Cuts down some of the cals. I have also used 2% cheese and my kids who love my mac and cheese haven't noticed at all. :)
  • StephieAmber
    StephieAmber Posts: 83
    WOW! I just looked up those miracle noodles...I think I'm gonna hafta order me some! They look amazing

    (sorry for derailing the thread...unfortunately I have no good mac'n'cheese recipes for you, but thank you for the noodle tip!!)
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    WOW! I just looked up those miracle noodles...I think I'm gonna hafta order me some! They look amazing

    (sorry for derailing the thread...unfortunately I have no good mac'n'cheese recipes for you, but thank you for the noodle tip!!)

    No problem! And I had read on another post a couple weeks ago about these noodles. Went directly to the site and purchased 'em. They're great!!
  • patti1007
    patti1007 Posts: 20 Member
    when I make my cheese sauce for mac and cheese I do a typical roux (butter and flour) or some times I use cornstarch in chicken broth, NO MILK. I figure the cheese I put in it has enough and it's always creamy, you would never know that there isn't any milk.
  • mlb929
    mlb929 Posts: 1,974 Member
    This appears to be what they are made of:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucomannan
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